medicines but also with the care of patients. Because of these changes and growth the code of ethics was developed and regulatory agencies were created to help and guide nurses. There are numerous professional nursing organizations, many catering to a nurses personal career choice. As an Emergency Room Nurse belonging to the Emergency Nurses Association, one of the many professional nursing organizations, has proven to be an asset to my career. Their mission is to advocate for patient safety and excellence
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is underreported to healthcare workers, the number of people that come into the ED with overdose of prescription medications are too high. The American Nurses Association (ANA) has finally teamed up with the Obama Administration to address the epidemic of prescription drug abuse and heroin abuse (ANA supports, 2015). It’s important for us, as nurses, to advocate for our patients and be involved in policies that help patients with drug abuse issues and problems. Interventions need to be taken to make
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features does it share with most functional groups? What features distinguish it from most functional groups? So if I was to explain a surgical team as a functional team it would have to be this: The doctor accesses the patients, the nurses reassess the patients and confirm what the doctor are doing with them and then the anesthesiologist does the same, so everyone knows that they are on the same page. They all confer with one another to come to a positive outcome to any
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is a large population of associate-degree (ADN) nurses and a smaller amount of baccalaureate-degree (BSN) nurses, but with the change of times the trends of nursing are changing. Education is becoming a requirement from ADN to BSN levels of nursing. What is causing this modification in nursing? Why is this adjustment imperative to the future? There is a very distinct difference between the associate-degree nurse and the baccalaureate-degree nurse. This discussion will look at the difference between
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The United States and China have similar nurse education values and standards, which allow them to practice as professionals. There are three types of nursing education systems: Certificate, Associate, and Baccalaureate. The Chinese nursing technician is equivalent to the LPN in the U.S in that they must pass the State Nurse Registration Examination and are called Husi. Contrary to RN’s and BSN’s in the U.S., graduates of the Associate and Baccalaureate programs in China do not have to sit for state
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learner typology for the Canfield Learning Styles Inventory. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 51, 839-855. Handerson,A., Cooke, M., Creedy,D.K.,Walker,R., 2011,Nursing students' perceptions of learning in practice environments: A review, Nurse Education Today Volume 32, Issue 3, April 2012, Pages 299 – 302 Honey, P. & Mumford, A., 2000,The learning styles helper's guide. Maidenhead: Peter Honey Publications Ltd. Kolb, D.A. (1985). Learning style inventory. Technical manual. Boston:
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others. My grandmother got really sick and my mother hired a nurse to take care of her. The first nurse wasn’t a good example of compassionate and caring so she had to hire a second nurse. This nurse was different. She was so compassionate and patience with my grandmother like she was her own family I still remember her name, Mrs. Rodriguez she changed my way of thinking about nurses. Since that moment I realized that I wanted to become a nurse just like her and help those in needs she’s been my inspiration
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Contingency Plans G.S. is an experienced nurse on the medical/surgical floor at a community hospital. G.S. is the charge nurse for the floor and needs to make decisions regarding staffing in the morning. A blizzard with 2-3 feet of snow and damaging winds is forecasted within the next 12-18 hours. It is the charge nurses responsibility to make the decision on proper emergency protocol for safe patient handling. There should be a contingency plan in place in all hospitals to adhere to during a crisis
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hopefully decrease the chances of a repeat of the outcome in the Mr. B scenario. A Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) will then be used to project the likelihood that the suggested improvement plan would not fail. In conclusion key roles of the nurses involved in the care in the Mr. B scenario will be discussed. I have completed the RCA considering: causative factors, errors and hazards that had unfortunately lead to the death of the 67 year old patient that was brought to the ED. By performing
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(2014). Men in nursing on television: exposing and reinforcing stereotypes. Journal Of Advanced Nursing, 70(4), 833-842 10p. doi:10.1111/jan.12244 Previous research has highlighted stereotypical images around nurses; more recent research focuses on images of male nurses. While images of men in nursing on television are fictional, such images have potentially negative implications for recruitment, practice, and the profession. In this qualitative study, five American medical television
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